In 1851 St Albans achieved notoriety when its electorate of 500 men, were found guilty of selling their votes.
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St Albans – Day Four
Case packed; we check out of the Premier Inn before our last breakfast in St Albans. We both had a senior moment in the car park; we paid the car parking fee put the bags in the car and then remembered that we were walking into town for breakfast!
We had to leave the car park [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Nov 20th 2024
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St Albans – Day Two
I woke up suitably refreshed after a good night’s sleep. We decided not have breakfast in the hotel restaurant; there were many other options nearby. Mr C settled on ‘Café on the Corner’ which we found was run by a community charity, helping people who have limited learning capabilities or difficulties. We had to wait [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Nov 16th 2024
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The Wanderer Returns…
… from a birthday adventure
or… was it just a welcome time to chill out
12 Comments CherryPie on Nov 7th 2024
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Dodging the Rain
As we arrived at Hodnet Hall it started to rain. This didn’t matter as we intended to have lunch before going for a walk. Lunch, as always was delicious and the rain had stopped by the time we were ready for our walk.
The rain fall had enhanced the vibrancy of the garden colours leading to [...]
23 Comments CherryPie on Oct 7th 2024
